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Graham Marsh  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List FULL NAME: Graham Marsh HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 187 BIRTHDATE: January 14, 1944 BIRTHPLACE: Kalgoorlie, Australia RESIDENCE: Dalkeith, Australia FAMILY: Wife, Julie; Tony (9/17/64), Jenni (3/14/69), Jeremy (5/5/81), Stephanie (11/24/82) EDUCATION: University of Western Australia and Claremont Teachers College (1962) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Skiing, tennis, watching cricket, golf course design TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1969 JOINED TOUR: 1994 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (1) 1977 Heritage Classic. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (6) 1995 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 1996 World Seniors Invitational, Franklin Quest Championship. 1997 Nationwide Championship, U.S. Senior Open. 1999 The Tradition Presented by Countrywide. |
| International Victories |
| 1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with John Bland), 1998 Japan Senior Open, 1999 Japan Senior Open. |
| Other Victories |
| 1970 Watties Tournament, Swiss Open. 1971 Spaulding Masters, Indian Open. 1972 Swiss Open, German Open, Dunlop International. 1973 Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open, Thailand Open, Indian Open, Fuji Sankei Classic. 1974 Malaysian Open, Fuji Sankei Classic, Dunlop Wizard, Tokyo Open, Pepsi-Wilson. 1975 Dunlop Wizard, Tokyo Open, Malaysian Open. 1976 Benson & Hedges International, Dunlop Open, Suntory Open, Dunlop Phoenix, KBC Augusta, Dunhill Match-Play, Western Australia Open. 1977 Lancome Trophy, Colgate World Match-Play Championship, Dunhill Match-Play, Suntory Open, Dunlop Wizard, Chuichi Crowns. 1978 Western Australia PGA. 1979 Dutch Open, ANA Sapporo Open, Dunlop Masters. 1980 Benson & Hedges International. 1981 Dixcel Tissues European Open, Chuichi Open, Pepsi-Wilson. 1982 Ford Dealers South Australian Open, Australian Masters, Mayn Nickless Australian PGA Championship, Dunhill Queensland Open, Mitsubishi Galant. 1983 Yomiuri Open, Resch's Pilsner Tweed Classic, New Zealand PGA Championship. 1985 Lawrence Batley International, KLM Dutch Open, Tokai Classic. 1986 Suntory Open. 1987 Visa Taiheiyo Pacific Masters. 1989 Sapporo Tokyo Open. 1990 Tokai Classic. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 97 (31) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $202,112 (27) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T6--Bruno's Memorial Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 66 at Round 2, Emerald Coast Classic, at Round 3, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1977 Heritage Classic. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1995 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 1996 World Seniors Invitational, Franklin Quest Championship. 1997 Nationwide Championship, U.S. Senior Open. 1999 The Tradition Presented by Countrywide. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 9--Audi Senior Classic |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--26; in money--25; Top 10 finishes--1 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Had just one top-10 finish and it came early in the year in Mexico City where his closing-round 4-under-par 68 helped him to a solo ninth place...T13 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf and the TD Waterhouse Championship and also T15 at the 3M Championship...Held a share of the first-round lead with Hale Irwin at the Allianz Championship but rounds of 74-72 dropped him to a T42. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: In the hunt at the Novell Utah Showdown before finishing T2 with three other players, one stroke back of Steve Veriato...Made the seventh of eight aces on the Champions Tour when he holed a 6-iron shot on the fourth hole at the TPC at the Twin Cities during the final round of the 3M Championship. Ace was his second on the Champions Tour and first since the 1997 Southwestern Bell Dominion event in San Antonio. 2000: Missed a spot among the top 31 money-winners when David Lundstrom nipped him by $941...Was the 36-hole leader at the MasterCard Championship, but hit just 10 greens on Sunday and posted a final-round 74 to T2 at Hualalai. 1999: Although only playing 36 holes, was declared the winner of The Tradition after a freak snowstorm wiped out the final rounds at Desert Mountain...Also battled Hale Irwin for most of the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship before finishing a distant second at the TPC of Michigan. 1998: Was solo second near St. Louis at the Boone Valley Classic. Finished two strokes short of Larry Nelson, despite a final-round 68 that included a pair of eagles. 1997: Earned a career-best $1,128,578 for seventh on the final money list...Outdueled John Bland on the final day for a one-stroke win at the U.S. Senior Open at Olympia Fields CC in suburban Chicago. The victory, and a career-best $232,500, came just one week after he fought off a late challenge by Hale Irwin and earned a one-stroke win at the Nationwide Championship near Atlanta...Teamed with Bland earlier in the season to win the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf...Recorded his first Champions Tour hole-in-one at the Southwestern Bell Dominion. 1996: Was a one-stroke victor over Tom Wargo and Brian Barnes at the PaineWebber Invitational and fired a final-round 67 to win the Franklin Quest Championship by two strokes over Kermit Zarley. 1995: Broke into the winner's circle at the Bruno's Memorial Classic. Used a second-round 63 to cruise to a five-stroke win over J.C. Snead at Greystone Golf Club. 1994: T2 at the Vantage at the Dominion and again at the U.S. Senior Open at Pinehurst, one stroke behind Simon Hobday. 1993: Placed second to Bill Hall at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament at Grenelefe to earn his initial exemption. |
| Personal |
| Has been honored by the Queen of England with the title Member of the British Empire (MBE)...Very active with his own junior golf foundation in Australia...Is managing director of Graham Marsh Golf Design. Has designed over 35 courses throughout Asia and Australia and is now doing design work in the United States...Nicknamed "Swampy" by his peers. |